Remote Enterprise Data & AI Lead

ICF International; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF International seeks an experienced Chief Data Office / Data & AI Lead to guide enterprise data, analytics, governance, and AI-enabled capabilities for a complex federal technology program. This role is remote within the United States.

You will design data policy, standards, governance processes, data architecture, pipelines, data quality controls, dashboards, and secure data access models, partnering with cybersecurity, engineering, product, and program management teams to align data

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading enterprise data, analytics, data governance, data engineering, data architecture, or AI-enabled analytics initiatives.
• 8+ years of experience designing, implementing, or managing enterprise data platforms, data pipelines, data warehouses, data lakes, data marts, data catalogs, or metadata management capabilities.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to federal contract requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data, analytics, governance, and AI-enabled capability delivery across a complex federal technology environment.
• Develop and implement data governance policies, standards, operating procedures, approval workflows, and accountability models.
• Establish and maintain data portfolio management practices, including prioritization, project intake, resource planning, risk tracking, milestone reporting, and performance measurement.
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable data architecture, including data pipelines, data lakes, data warehouses, data marts, data catalogs, metadata repositories, and data lineage capabilities.
• Define and enforce data quality standards, validation rules, data dictionaries, scorecards, issue management workflows, and continuous monitoring processes.
• Guide development of analytics products, dashboards, reports, and visualization tools that provide operational insight and support executive decision-making.
• Support advanced analytics capabilities, including statistical analysis, predictive modeling, trend analysis, root cause analysis, and AI-enabled analytics.

Skills

Data governance

Data architecture

Data engineering

AI-enabled analytics

Analytics strategy

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Business Analytics, or a related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

ICF International seeks an experienced Chief Data Office / Data & AI Lead to guide enterprise data, analytics, governance, and AI-enabled capabilities for a complex federal technology program. This role is remote within the United States.

You will design data policy, standards, governance processes, data architecture, pipelines, data quality controls, dashboards, and secure data access models, partnering with cybersecurity, engineering, product, and program management teams to align data